Timeline

With the confirmation by San Bernardino County sheriff officials that two of the four sets of the skeletal remains found in the desert near Victorville are members of the missing McStay family of San Diego County, an exhaustive search ends.

The remains have been identified as Joseph McStay, 42, and his wife, Summer, 45, with two additional bodies suspected to be those of the couple’s children, Gianni, 4, and Joseph Jr., 3.

The family went missing nearly four years ago — in early 2010 — when family and friends had not heard from them.

Feb. 4, 2010: McStay family disappears

Feb. 2010: Investigators enter their Fallbrook home and find no sign of struggle

Feb. 2010: Investigators find out family’s SUV had been towed from San Ysidro mall parking lot, a short walk from Mexican border pedestrian crossing

Investigators examine surveillance footage from the border crossing, showing a man holding the hand of a young boy, followed by a woman holding the hand of another young boy.

March 28, 2011: Dead end leads continue when photos thought to be Summer McStay and a child were sent to brother Michael McStay and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

Aug. 2012: Rumors abound that the McStay family was found in New Mexico